2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barnawartha · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Barnawartha, where 62.8% of families consist of couples with children. This makes for a community with fewer people living alone compared to most other areas, as the typical home holds 2.6 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Barnawartha — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Only 20.6% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (36.2%) or four people (18.1%).
2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.6% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Barnawartha, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 6.5% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
6.5% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Barnawartha, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20146/barnawartha/topic/family-households